Essex Street & Egan Street
Essex Street and Egan Street meet at a four-way crossing in Spring Creek-Starrett City, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Academy for Young Writers is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Essex St, is 570 feet away for the B84, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Essex St, 570 feet away, for the B84.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Essex St B84570 feetB84
Next buses at this stop
- B84 …
Cycling
- 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station0.9 miles
- 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers990 feet
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars2.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11239
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 42
- Police precinct
- 75
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Spring Creek-Starrett City
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2009 and 2016.
Since 2014 at least 176 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Urban Strategies Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K570 feet
- Academy for Young Writers School720 feet
- Spring Creek Community School720 feet
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- Little Hearts and Stars Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2990 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Berriman Playground830 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.3 miles
Shopping centers
- Gateway Center Shopping center1,020 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Essex Street & Vandalia Avenue 260 feet
- Linwood Street & Egan Street 260 feet
- Elton Street & Egan Street 530 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Essex Street 570 feet
- Essex Street & Schroeders Avenue 570 feet
- Berriman Street & Vandalia Avenue 770 feet
- Erskine Street & Egan Street 780 feet
- Elton Street & Locke Street 780 feet
See every intersection along Egan Street or Essex Street.